Melbourne's Southern Cross Station is a gateway for commuters and visitors to the city, but experts say secret data shows the air quality poses a health risk to workers and passengers.
  • In short: Data detailing the air quality at Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station has been released for the first time.
  • It shows nitrogen dioxide levels in parts of the station have regularly been more than 90 times the guidelines set by the World Health Organization.
  • The Victorian government and the station’s operator say they’ve been meeting Australian workplace standards.
  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    Also how they renamed it Southern Cross from Spencer Street. The name has nothing to do with where it is geographically so visitors to Melbourne get completely lost getting to and from it

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Yeah. To be honest though, I think it would’ve been a good idea to just call it Melbourne Central, and rename actual Melbourne central to southern cross, or something else. When I was younger/before I moved into the city, looking at the PTV journey planner and trying to figure out how to get to Melbourne by putting in “Melbourne” always confused me

      On vlines journey planner at least they call it Melbourne Southern Cross, unlike PTV.